Gayan: 2 definitions
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Gayan means something in Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Ambiguity: Although Gayan has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Gayana.
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Hindi dictionary
Gayan in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) singing; vocal music..—gayan (गायन) is alternatively transliterated as Gāyana.
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Nepali dictionary
Gayan is another spelling for गायन [gāyana].—n. 1. singing; 2. a song;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Starts with: Gana, Gayamda, Gayamka, Gayanagara, Gayanagatha, Gayanaka, Gayanakaceri, Gayanakale, Gayanalocana, Gayanamaka, Gayanamangalagita, Gayanatthana, Gayani, Gayanimdu, Gayanimiliya, Gayanta, Gayanti, Gayantika, Gayantu, Gayanushthanapaddhati.
Full-text: Gana.
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Social Folk customs of the Sonowal and Thengal Kacharis (by Suravi Gohain Duwarah)
Part 2.4 - Changes in the Death Rites < [Chapter 6 - Tradition and Change]
Part 2.4 - Death rites (of the Thengal Kacharis) < [Chapter 4 - Social folk customs of the Thengal Kacharis]
Part 1.4 - Description of Sua Utua Sabah < [Chapter 4 - Social folk customs of the Thengal Kacharis]
Puppetry in Assam (by Gitali Saikia)
Members of puppet group and their functions < [Chapter 4]
Folk Theatre (a): Kamrupia Dhulia < [Chapter 6]
Economic condition of puppeteer < [Chapter 6]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Musical Instruments in Sanskrit Literature (by S. Karthick Raj KMoundinya)
Musical Instruments in the Janakiharana of Kumaradasa < [Chapter 3 - Musical Instruments of India (with reference to Sanskrit literary sources)]
Texts on Music < [Chapter 2 - Origin and evolution of Music and Musical instruments]
Mythological Background of music—Vedic and Natural Origin < [Chapter 2 - Origin and evolution of Music and Musical instruments]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 445 < [Volume 3 (1874)]
Kirtanas of Sadasiva Brahmendra < [July – September, 1981]
The Tradition of the Puppet Theatre < [January 1963]